contraception

SCOTUS to hear contraceptive mandate case

By Mark Sherman, Associated Press

The Supreme Court will hear a case later this year on whether certain aspects of the Affordable Care Act violate the rights of religious groups to not be complicit in providing contraception.

Judge sides with anti-abortion group in birth control case

By Eric Tucker, Associated Press

A federal judge on Monday sided with an anti-abortion group that challenged a key birth control provision of the Obama administration's health care overhaul.

As more women enter combat, access to contraception remains limited

By Michelle Andrews, Kaiser Health News

Next year, the military will officially lift restrictions on women in combat, the end of a process that may open up as many as 245,000 jobs that have been off limits to women.

California, Oregon first to allow birth control pills without prescription

By Barbara Feder Ostrov, Kaiser Health News

California and Oregon will be the first states in the nation to allow women to get birth control pills and other hormonal contraceptives directly from their pharmacists -- without a doctor’s prescription.

Carl Djerassi, a creator of the birth control pill, dies at 91

By Andrew Mach

It was Dr. Carl Djerassi, along with two colleagues, who patented the key ingredient that led to the development of the oral contraceptive in 1951.

Obamacare contraception loophole for religious groups is not too restrictive, court rules

By Pete Yost, Associated Press

In a 3-0 decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit rejected a challenge by the groups, which claimed that the accommodation still imposes a substantial burden on their expression of religion.

Highly effective, long-acting contraceptives still don't get full coverage in many health care plans

By Michelle Andrews, Kaiser Health News

New research suggests that teenagers are more likely to choose long-acting contraceptives when cost is removed from the equation. And free coverage of such methods is required by the health law. But now, a study has found that free coverage…

Contraception ruling serves as political pitch

By Donna Cassata, Associated Press

In an election-year pitch to female voters, Democrats on Wednesday pressed for legislation that would restore free contraception for women who get their health insurance from companies that object on religious grounds.

SCOTUS to consider contraception at faith-affiliated nonprofits

By Associated Press

The issue in more than four dozen lawsuits from faith-affiliated charities, colleges and hospitals that oppose some or all contraception as immoral is how far the Obama administration must go to accommodate them.